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 An Old Boston Firm of Law Publishers

JAMES BROWN, 1800-1855 Who had charge of the importations and rose to a position of enviable distinction among American publishers books, and the importation of foreign books as well, became an even greater factor, so that in 1837, when Mr. Little and James Brown, the latter of the firm of Hilliard & Brown, proprietors of the University Book Store at Cambridge, became the sole owners, the foundation of a foremost law-publishing and bookse ling house had already been laid. From Charles C. Little and James Brown, in 1837, the firm name was changed to Little, Brown & Co. a few years later, and this name is likely to remain unchanged. It was Mr. Little who had control of the law department until his death in 1869, Mr. Brown assuming charge of the foreign importations. Mr. Little was born in Kennebunk, Me., July 25, 1799. Early in life he went to Boston, and entered a shipping house on Long Wharf. Remaining there a short time, he went to Charleston, S. C, for the winter, and upon his return entered

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the employ of Carter, Hilliard & Co. His career as a business man was a long and honorable one. "Integrity, up rightness, and great prudence charac terized all his business transactions, and his conduct towards his assistants was gentlemanly and courteous"—was the verdict of one of his contemporaries. He died in Cambridge, August 8, 1869. James Brown was born in Acton, Mass., in 1800. When eighteen years old he began as clerk and general assistant in Hilliard 's Cambridge book store. He was but twenty-six years old when he became a member of the firm of Hilliard & Brown. He died suddenly in March, 1855, his death coming as a great shock not only to his intimate friends but to the bookselling world generally. On Mr. Brown's first visit to London, in 1841, he met John Murray, who treated him with a "cordial and hospitable kindness"; and he named

CHARLES C. LITTLE, 1799-1869 Who in the course of a long and memorable busi ness career brought out many works which have since become noted legal classics